250wscrogger said:If I had a 1000w hps and a 5x5 flowering room I would just fit as many 1 gallon pots as possible and sog it. Are you planning on staggering the harvest or just doing all clones at the same time? Either way you do it, you should be able to get a couple p's off that setup no problems once you get it dialed in Just make sure the clones are well rooted when they go into flower and dont keep the light too close when they're still small.
DrBudGreengenes said:First let me remind everyone that a SOG grow on ANYTHING more than a PERSONAL level.....will cause "Them" to come after you FEDERALLY...
on a 4'x4' table under a 400 6 plants for a first offender is MAX 6 months and 5,000 dollar fine
the same table with 144 clones ala' SOG .....gets ya' 10 years and 50,000 dollars fine
******Security is a MUST********
GDS StonerBoy said:Security is good and i'm only growing 4 months out of the year. If i can get enough out of 2 harvest i'll have some smoke for the rest of the year and some smoke that can get a good cure. As of right now i'm not utilizing this 1khps at all. I can already tell the yield is gonna be poo, so i was looking for a better way.
So can i have your opinion on how you would go if you had 1k?
DrBudGreengenes said:Of course I will be glad to advise on any size Grow.........
Under a 1000 watt light I would do 1 gallon containers with 4 cuts per container...(with a stake in the middle)
Arrange them so that the oldest tallest plants are to the outside
so that would be 400 flowering at a time in a 5'x5' area.
8 week strain will have you harvesting 12 a week with a bonus 13 every other week even if they each only do 7 grams per cut thats......
336 grams per week....
thats 12 oz's no matter how you look at it
so in 8 weeks........
Thats 2688 grams.........6Lbs from a 1000 watt light per 8 week cycle
Thats 2.688 grams per watt.....
Ooops.....forgot about our bonus (container) every other week that another 1/4 lb for our total
Soooooooo now it's 2.784 grams per watt
Now these are just begining #'s when you get dialed in they will get MUCH higher...... Happy Growing
Binnacas said:Thanks blackone! That was fast!
64 plants! That's a lot. Makes me think about that talk about security. Well, it's a good thing I don't live in America but it would still suck. Maybe I should try something with CFLs. They're much easier, cooler, smaller and ecologic. Maybe I should just sell that HPS
blackone said:You probably couldn't plant 4 per 1 gal container with all strains. If they have very large leaves and/or a lot of stretch then you might find it hard to keep even 1 in such a small space. I think you do need some stretch though to really reap the benefits of a 1000W, else too much light may be wasted because it penetrates down to soil level.
Skunk #1 has a good stretch but really likes putting out long sideshoots - you might have to do some trimming to make it focus on top colas.
Also I think you should be prepared for daily waterings - 4 plants in a 1 gallon container will suck it dry in no time. Automatic irrigation might be an option, but I would go for 3 reservoirs then - 1 for the stretching plants, 1 for budbuilding and 1 for flushing. Running the lines correctly to each pot would also require some work;p
GDS StonerBoy said:So as long as the plants are properly fed and have developed a nice enough root mass, they can survive in just about any size container?